Forster Irish Heritage Woven Blanket | Family Crest Tartan Throw

The Forster name in Ireland is an English-origin surname carried by families who settled in the Irish counties during the plantation era and the centuries of English administration that followed, becoming part of the diverse community of Irish family life. Forster — a variant of Foster, from the Old French forester, meaning keeper of the forest — appears in Irish records across Ulster and Leinster, carried by families who took root in the communities where they settled and whose descendants became thoroughly part of Irish society. This Irish woven blanket features the Forster family crest woven into the Irish National Tartan.

Background

The Forster families of Ireland were part of the broader English and Anglo-Irish settler community that arrived during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, particularly in Ulster and the Pale counties of Leinster. Like many plantation-era surnames, Forster describes an occupational role — the forester or keeper of woodland — that was part of the medieval English administrative world. In Ireland, these families settled alongside Gaelic and Norman-Irish communities and, over generations, became as much a part of the Irish landscape as any family of older provenance.

Craftsmanship

This blanket is woven from premium cotton yarn — the Forster family crest and the Irish National Tartan created within the textile structure during weaving, not applied to the surface afterwards. The design is part of the cloth itself: consistent woven depth on both sides, a soft and substantial feel, and traditional fringed edges completing the piece in the appropriate manner.

Product Details

• Material: premium cotton yarn
• Construction: woven, not printed — design integral to the fabric
• Available sizes: 52″ × 37″, 60″ × 50″, 80″ × 60″
• Finish: traditional fringed edges
• Care: machine wash cold, tumble dry low

In the Home

Across a sofa in a family room, over a reading chair, or displayed as a textile piece in a study or hallway — this blanket carries the Forster name into a home where Irish heritage is part of the everyday. A considered piece for any household with Irish Forster ancestry.

Celtic Ancestry Gifts also carries the Forster name across mugs, apparel, ornaments, and wall décor.